Recently, my wife and I went through one of the more excruciating experiences of our lives – the euthanasia of our beloved dog, Murphy. I remember making eye contact with...
Waking up after surgery can be scary and disorienting. That’s as true for animals as it is for people.So staff at BARCS animal shelter in Baltimore hold cats and dogs...
Joanne George tears up recounting stories she’s heard about how her dog Smiley, a blind therapy animal with an indomitable spirit, has changed people’s lives. One woman told George that...
Pet transport is a relatively tiny segment of United Airlines‘ business, but it was thrust into the spotlight this month as several dog incidents, including the death of a puppy...
Redbarn Expands Recall to Include Multiple Brands of Dog Chews March 7, 2018 — Redbarn Pet Products, LLC of Long Beach, CA is expanding its voluntarily recall issued on February...
A true battle of the beasts took place in a national park in western India when a tiger picked a fight with a bear – and lost. The tiger had...
Staff at an animal shelter in Canada are stunned after a local family adopted a potbellied pig as a pet, then slaughtered and ate her weeks later.“First reaction I’d say...
These days, 40-year-old Chad Olds is an animal control officer in Vance County, North Carolina. But in his younger years, he was a professional musician who toured the country. Olds...
Smucker Withdraws Multiple Dog Food Brands Share February 15, 2018 J.M. Smucker Company has initiated a voluntary withdrawal of various wet dog food products due to the potential to contain...
February 12, 2018 — Darwin’s Natural Pet Products of Tukwila, Washington, has notified its customers that it is recalling select lots of its Darwin’s ZooLogics dog food due to possible...
February 9, 2018 — Smokehouse Pet Products, Inc. of Sun Valley, CA is recalling its 4-ounce bags of dog treats labeled as “Beefy Munchies” because they have the potential to...
Hundreds of stray dogs have learned to survive in the woods around the exclusion zone – mainly descendants of those left behind after the nuclear disaster, when residents were banned...
A beloved pet hamster that was flushed down a toilet has become the latest controversial case in airlines versus people seeking to travel with emotional support animals. Belen Aldecosea, 21,...
Meet Max! This senior boy is just as sweet as he appears. He’s looking for his forever home and we can’t wait until his perfect adopters find him! http://www.petsonboard.com/spca-luzerne-county/
As Americans take caution through this year’s deadly flu season, there’s one family member that should not be forgotten: the dog. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports...
A DOG travelled 113 miles on a train and even managed to change stations by itself as an appeal has been launched to find his owners. The Doberman was taken...
Many times during hurricanes and floods, pets lost in the chaos end up in Florida’s already overcrowded shelter. Now a new proposed law wants to make sure those lost animals...
It’s hard to find love. That’s true whether you’re a human, or a shelter dog. So like other lonely hearts of this era, Henry the hound is on Tinder. And...
Despite appearances, those rubbery reptiles lounging lifelessly around southern Florida are probably not dead. They’re just stunned from the cold. Green iguanas have been falling from trees recently, their frozen...
It is so cold it hurts for many of us humans. But what about dogs? Is it safe to slip some rubber booties on Norman and take him for a...
A dog was reunited with its owner in the Poconos after someone took the pup from outside of the grocery store where his owner was shopping last week. The woman...